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{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.15.1515;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\nowidctlpar\cf1\lang2057\b\f0\fs20 JUNIPER GREEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL\par
REPORT ON PLANNING MATTERS ARISING SINCE THE MAY REPORT PREPARED BY THE PLANNING CONVENOR\par
DATE: 20 AUGUST 2012\par
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Planning Applications received between 17 July 2012 and 20 August 2012 and not yet determined:\par
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\pard\sa200\sl276\slmult1\f1\fs22 12/02374/FUL 19\b0 Baberton Park Juniper Green Edinburgh EH14 5DW Erection of a small boundary wall. Application validated 19/07/2012, comments by 17/08/2012.\par
\b 12/02453/PNT\b0 Proposed Substation 90 Metres North Of 42 Baberton Avenue Juniper Green Edinburgh. Erection of chamber over electrical equipment. Application submitted by Scottish Power, but withdrawn as it duplicates \b 12/02280/FUL, \b0 submitted by McCarthy and Stone (see\b \b0 below).\b\f0\fs20\par
\pard\nowidctlpar Planning Applications determined between 17 July 2012 and 20 August 2012:\par
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12/01756/FUL\b0 5 Woodhall Avenue Juniper Green EH14 5BU. Change part of garden to driveway. Application validated 14/06/2012, \b consent granted 18/07/2012.\par
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12/01859/FUL \b0 104 Baberton Mains Drive Edinburgh EH14 3BU. Two storey side extension to dwelling house. Application validated 28/05/2012, \b consent granted 18/07/2012.\par
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12/02058/FUL\b0 11 Juniper Avenue Edinburgh EH14 5EG. Erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling. Application validated 12/06/2012, \b consent granted 30/07/2012.\b0\par
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\b 12/02287/FUL \b0 60A Belmont Road Juniper Green EH14 5ED. New garage within grounds of 60A Belmont Road. Application validated 28/06/2012, \b consent granted 07/08/2012.\b0\par
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\b 12/02320/CON\b0 1 Juniper Park Road Edinburgh EH14 5DX. Complete demolition of existing 2 storey dwelling house, including all hard-standing areas around property. Application validated 02/07/2012, \b consent granted 16/08/2012.\b0\par
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\b 12/02357/FUL\b0 9 Woodhall Terrace Juniper Green EH14 5BR. Form balcony with metal balustrade on existing flat roof annexe at rear of house incorporating formation of doorway at existing window position together with replacement conservatory on existing base. Application validated 04/07/2012, \b consent granted 07/08/2012.\b0\par
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\b\f0\fs20 Previous applications still not determined:\par
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\f1\fs22 12/02249/FUL\b0 Unit 3 53 Belmont Road Juniper Green EH14 5EB. Part change of use from store to office, external alterations, formation of first floor office space and formation of dormer with pitched roof. Application validated 26/06/2012, comments by 27/07/2012.\par
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\b 12/02280/FUL\b0 50 Baberton Avenue Juniper Green Edinburgh EH14 5DU. Installation of sub--station for new McCarthy and Stone development. Application validated 28/06/2012, comments by 03/08/2012.\par
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\b 12/02431/FUL\b0 2 Juniper Park Road Edinburgh EH14 5DX Disabled access ramp and disabled toilet. Application validated 10/07/2012, comments by 10/08/2012.\b\f0\fs20\par
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\pard\nowidctlpar\qj Progress on Major Planning Applications:\par
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\cf0 11/01641/FUL\b0 50 Baberton Avenue Juniper Green Edinburgh EH14 5DU. \cf1 Proposed development of sheltered apartments for the elderly plus communal facilities, car parking spaces and soft and hard landscaping. Consent will be given when a s.75 planning agreement has been concluded.\par
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\pard\nowidctlpar\sa200\sl276\slmult1\qj\b 11/01641/CON\b0 50 Baberton Avenue Juniper Green Edinburgh EH14 5DU. Demolition of club house building and all attached ancillary buildings - Proposed development of sheltered apartments for the elderly plus communal facilities, car parking spaces and soft and hard landscaping. \cf1 Consent given \f1\fs22 01/09/2011.\f0\fs20\par
\pard\nowidctlpar\qj\cf0\b\i\f1\fs22 Work on the new road and turning circle is nearing completion, and demolition of the old golf clubhouse is well underway. A separate planning application has been submitted (\cf1 12/02280/FUL) for an electricity substation adjacent to the turning circle. \par
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\cf0 I had a useful meeting on 26 July with Ian Osborne of McCarthy & Stone and Justin Lamb, who is overseeing the old school development. The meeting also involved a representative from the golf club and Lloyd Richardson from the Roads Dept. \b0\i0\line\line\b\i The main point discussed was the management of traffic at the corner outside the village hall. Vehicles will need to reverse into the old school site, and drive into the McC and S site. The two developers have agreed to employ a full time banksman to manage traffic and pedestrians at this point. Deliveries will be timed to avoid the main school arrival and departure periods. There will also be a Traffic Order banning parking on the east side of Baberton Avenue north of the crossroads, and a diversion for pedestrians away from the pavement next to the existing school building. These changes will start in September, and last for up to a year. \line\line We also looked at the design of the turning circle. We agreed that there needs to be a pavement on the outside of the circle, and that it needs to be wider in the centre to allow vehicles to pass. A revised design will be circulated and agreed with CEC. We also discussed the siting of the new electricity sub-station next to the turning circle.\cf1\par
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\pard\nowidctlpar\sa200\sl276\slmult1\qj\cf0\i0 11/01914/CON & 11/01914/FUL\b0 Juniper Green Primary School 1A Woodhall Terrace Juniper Green EH14 5BS. Private residential development comprising a total of 7 houses and 4 apartments. Apartments and 3 mews houses to be located within the existing school building with partial demolition to the rear. Existing outbuildings within old playground to be removed to accommodate new buildings to rear of site comprising 3 terraced townhouses, 1 detached house and associated garden ground and parking. New vehicular and pedestrian entrance to be formed off Baberton Avenue. \cf1 Application validated 13/06/2011, Consent granted 24/02/2012, and Listed Building consent for partial demolition granted 19/03/2012. A section 75 agreement covering this development will see contributions of \'a35000 to Safer Routes to School and \'a35000 to improvements to the bus stop at Baberton Avenue.\par
\cf0\b The Planning Department wrote to Historic Scotland on 17 February 2012 notifying their intention to give consent to partial demolition of the existing buildings. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland is to be given access to the site for 3 months to record the building, structure and other items of interest. The stated reason for this is in order to safeguard the interests of archaeological heritage.\par
\i\f1\fs22 Demolition work on the old school site started at the end of June and is now complete. Construction work is due to start in October.\f0\fs20\par
\pard\nowidctlpar\qj\cf1\i0 Enforcement Cases:\par
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\pard\nowidctlpar\sa200\sl276\slmult1\qj\f1\fs22 12/00386/EOPDEV\b0 Baberton Loan Juniper Green Edinburgh. Unauthorised demolition in conservation area. Received 19/06/2012, pending consideration.\cf0\par
\pard\nowidctlpar\qj\b Other issues.\par
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\b0 The proposed version of the SE Scotland Strategic Development Plan was submitted to Ministers on 10 August. This is the next stage in the plan's progress towards adoption. It appears that the version submitted to Ministers is the same as that issued for consultation last November, on which we made a number of comments. We now have to wait and see what reaction there is from the Scottish Government.\par
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Following contact with the Post Office about the positioning of the pouch boxes at the junction of Baberton Avenue and Belmont Road, changes have now been made to the way deliveries are organised. This may well result in the relocation or removal of one or both of these boxes early next year. \b I have not yet heard anything further.\par
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The redevelopment of the Veitch\rquote s nursery site at 7 Lanark Road West (just outside our boundary) for affordable housing under existing planning consents dating from 2007 is now to be undertaken by Link Scotland. \b Work started at the end of October 2011, and will go on until early in 2013. \par
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We have been notified about a proposal for development in Muir Wood Field by Taylor Wimpey. The notification is for planning permission in principle, and an exhibition was held on 23 and 24 February 2012 in Currie High School Library. \b We are statutory consultees under the major development provisions of the 2006 Planning Act, and as such we have responded to\b0 t\b he application which was submitted on 6 June 2012, and closed for comments on 13 July 2012. To date there are 425 public comments and 18 from statutory consultees. The application is likely to go to full committee in October.\par
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We understand from Currie CC that the planning consent for Kinleith Mill is likely to be revived following a pre-application consultation which started with a public exhibition in Currie Library in June 2012. An application is expected later this summer.\par
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\pard\nowidctlpar\b\f0\fs20 Neil Ingram\par
Planning Convenor\b0\par
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